[ 'kju:bɛb ]
■ noun
1》 a tropical shrub of the pepper family, which bears pungent berries. [ Piper ~a (Asia) and other species.]
2》 the dried unripe berries of the ~, used medicinally and to flavour cigarettes.
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~e , from Sp. Arab. kubēba , from Arab. kubāba .